Dorothy Van Engle
Dorothy Van Engle. Actress: Swing!. Dorothy Van Engle was Oscar Micheaux's most beautiful and talented actress, and he used her in most of his important films: Harlem After Midnight (1934), Murder in Harlem (1935), God's Step Children (1938) and Swing! (1938). She was a favorite of black audiences and her beauty and natural, sophisticated acting took audiences' minds off the sometimes offending--and offensive--work of Micheaux. WIth Van Engle he saw...
Dorothy Van Engle. Actress: Swing!. Dorothy Van Engle was Oscar Micheaux's most beautiful and talented actress, and he used her in most of his important films: Harlem After Midnight (1934), Murder in Harlem (1935), God's Step Children (1938) and Swing! (1938). She was a favorite of black audiences and her beauty and natural, sophisticated acting took audiences' minds off the sometimes offending--and offensive--work of Micheaux. WIth Van Engle he saw...